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Worship Bass Pedalboards

For anyone trying out the Gladio, I recently found out that there is an internal trim pot labeled "bass." Boosting that is allowing me to turn down the 'clean' knob and push up the 'tone' knob to get more out of the pedal. Right now, I'm comparing it to the AGS circuit for the one OD spot on my board. The Gladio is doing favorably due to it's size and the discovery of this trim pot. The TH is a bit tighter and refined due to a slight artifact around the notes from the Gladio. This can be good or bad depending on the situation. I like a nice tight drive, but a little looseness and openess can work for certain things. It adds some excitement. I may have to order a 'hair splitter' from Amazon.
 
My current collection of pedals is at the point my hx stomp is no longer in rotation. If anyone is interested I'll be listing it soon with ~$200 worth of IMA and Bryce Vaughn presets. I was holding on to it for synth tones but the Broughton Subsonic is better for that.

Moved my DCX to end of chain so the eq is applied to everything. I love the "Dark" setting which rolls off just the right amount of high freq and it just makes everything sound better.
 
The anniversary service went really great yesterday and the house was almost to capacity. Probably a tad over 200 which is much more than our usual 60-80 most Sundays. Nerves got the best of me on the first song Praise, hit the first chorus and went blank a moment and lost my footing. Luckily the crowd was so loud I dont think anyone noticed lol. After that I didn't have any issues and played almost like I knew what I was doing lol. Finally got to crank the Mesa rig much more than usual as well as the crowd singing was so loud. All in all it was a really great service. I wish we had that many every week. Praise the Lord!
 
My current collection of pedals is at the point my hx stomp is no longer in rotation. If anyone is interested I'll be listing it soon with ~$200 worth of IMA and Bryce Vaughn presets. I was holding on to it for synth tones but the Broughton Subsonic is better for that.

Moved my DCX to end of chain so the eq is applied to everything. I love the "Dark" setting which rolls off just the right amount of high freq and it just makes everything sound better.
Love the Subsonic. I'm also trying the DCX last-in-chain and will need to try the dark setting.
 
Does anyone know if a Khan Tube DI fits under a Pedaltrain Nano+ board?
The issue I always ran into was that the Khan is pretty long and the XLR is on one end and the power plug is on the other so it takes up some length and trying to get the power to it at various angles was not something I ever figured out. Thus, mine always lived on top.
 
The issue I always ran into was that the Khan is pretty long and the XLR is on one end and the power plug is on the other so it takes up some length and trying to get the power to it at various angles was not something I ever figured out. Thus, mine always lived on top.
Yeah, putting it on Pedal Playground it looked like the connections would be tough. You can get angled power and XLR and stuff, but I'm still not sure it'll work. Like I said, I'll stick with my current small, simple rig. It sounds good and no one is complaining.
 
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Does anyone know if a Khan Tube DI fits under a Pedaltrain Nano+ board?

Not really. You can modify the feet, but the rails won't work well with something the size of the Khan. Here's a Khan beneath my Mono Lite+:
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The Mono Lite+ is the same size as a Pedaltrain Nano+, but more thoughtfully engineered. As a result, you have a lot more you can do underneath. Here I am using feet designed and printed by @moorebass.

You might be able to get away with using something like the Creation Music Aero 18 Lite with the extended feet. Or, if using just the Stomp and Khan, it should fit on top of the board.
A good suggestion, height-wise. I use an Aero 18 for my bigger board (18" x 12.5"). But I dislike the fact the Aero LITE 18 is 7" wide. That's just too much extra material for a one-row board.
 
Not really. You can modify the feet, but the rails won't work well with something the size of the Khan. Here's a Khan beneath my Mono Lite+: The Mono Lite+ is the same size as a Pedaltrain Nano+, but more thoughtfully engineered. As a result, you have a lot more you can do underneath. Here I am using feet designed and printed by @moorebass.
moorebass made me some Mono Lite+ taller feet, as well. Super helpful.
 
I have, and it is very good for high-gain distortion tones and gets close to nailing the Justin Chancellor sound. However I didn't find it to be to my taste or to really work for use within a Worship context.

It doesn't have clipping options, and as a result of the chosen clipping diodes (symmetrical silicon, I assume) the sound is very compressed. I prefer a far less compressed and more open sound which is why I have a preference for variants that allow for the use of LED's or the lifting of the clipping diodes from the circuit completely.

IMO, distortion should add texture without entirely taking over and transforming the tone of the bass. I feel this is particularly important within a worship context where we are switching distortion in and out of our signal chain at various points within a song to assist with dynamics. In other contexts/genres where it may be used as an always-on core tone or intended to fully transform the sound when switched on this is far less of a concern.
I just bought a Lusithand Ground and Pound from a fellow TBer. I was very impressed with the Alma so I thought I'd give it a try. I'll report back.
 
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